OSHA Inspection: POWERS EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.

Issued

2015-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2380.00 · Current $1785.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  (a) Production Workshop Area - On or about December 10, 2014, an affected level employee performed production activities adjacent to an Accurpress Company Shear where lockout/tag out hardware was in use, but the company had not yet developed a lockout/tag out program, exposing employees to injury.

Issued

2015-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(B): Affected employees were not instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure:  (a) Production Workshop Area - On or about December 10, 2014, an affected level employee performed production activities adjacent to an Accupress Company Shear where lockout/tag out hardware was in use, but the employee had not received the necessary training to prevent injury.

Issued

2015-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2380.00 · Current $1785.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Machine guarding was not provided to protect operator(s) and other employees from hazard(s) created by unguarded non-working portions of band saw blades:    (a) Production Workshop Area - On or about December 10, 2014, an employee used a Rockwell Model 14 inch vertical band with a blade which was not fully guarded, exposing the operator/employee to a point-of-operation/cutting hazard.  (b) Production Workshop Area - On or about December 10, 2014, an employee used a Sears/Craftsman 12 inch vertical band saw with a blade which was not fully guarded, exposing the operator/employee to a point-of-operation/cutting hazard.

Issued

2015-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1): Non-working portion(s) of the blade of bandsaw(s) were not enclosed or guarded:  (a) Production Workshop Area - On or about December 10, 2014, an employee used a Rockwell Model 14 inch vertical band with a blade which was not fully guarded, exposing the operator/employee to a point-of-operation/cutting hazard.  (b) Production Workshop Area - On or about December 10, 2014, an employee used a Sears/Craftsman 12 inch vertical band saw with a blade which was not fully guarded, exposing the operator/employee to a point-of-operation/cutting hazard.